Q
β Scribed by Christina Dalcher
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers; Mira
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Richmond
- ISBN
- 0008303347
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β¦ Synopsis
IN THIS WORLD, PERFECTION IS EVERYTHING 'Devastating and brilliant' Woman & Home 'Clever, thought-provoking, beautifully written and terrifyingly believable' Alice Feeney 'Shocking . . . A powerful tale' Cosmopolitan 'Timely, tense and frighteningly plausible' Kia Abdullah Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state's new elite schools. Her daughters are exactly like her: beautiful, ambitious, and perfect. A good thing, since the recent mandate that's swept the country is all about perfection. Now everyone must undergo routine tests for their quotient, Q, and any children who don't measure up are placed into new government schools. Instead, teachers can focus on the gifted.Β Elena tells herself it's not about eugenics, not really, but when one of her daughters scores lower than expected and is taken away, she intentionally fails her own test to go with her.Β But what Elena discovers is far more terrifying than she ever imagined... What readers are saying about Q 'To everyone...
β¦ Subjects
Science fiction
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